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Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E. pp 1081–1093Cite as

Do We Need a Test Dose for Epidural Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics?

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The most important complication of epidural analgesia and anaesthesia is the unrecognized accidental misplacement of either the intravascular or subarachnoid epidural catheter.

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Capogna, G., Camorcia, M. (2002). Do We Need a Test Dose for Epidural Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics?. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2099-3_94

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